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Council leans toward 4‑units‑per‑lot/Kent model, asks staff to draft middle‑housing and ADU ordinance
Summary
Planning staff asked the Committee of the Whole for policy direction on implementing state middle‑housing and ADU laws; councilmembers generally favored a Kent-style density approach (4 units per lot or 24 units per acre) and asked staff to count ADUs toward lot maximums while exploring a cap to encourage cottage housing.
Planning and Development Services Manager Lawrence Chico and Community Development Director Rebecca Deming briefed the Committee of the Whole on draft code changes intended to implement recent state legislation on middle housing and accessory dwelling units.
What staff said: Chico summarized the state requirement to permit a set of middle‑housing types (including duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhouses and cottage housing) in single‑family and lower‑density multifamily zones and noted the city must adopt regulations by June 30 or the state model ordinance will take effect. The packet presented three policy questions: (1) maximum unit…
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